Marco Rubio:

I hope the Houthis stop doing these things. They shouldn’t do this. They were misled by the Iranians. The Houthis were generally sensible, and during this conflict, they stayed away from all these issues. It appears that now they have also been misled, and by attacking Saudi Arabia and its ships, they have gotten involved in this matter.

A few hours ago, I read reports indicating that there is a Saudi fuel ship that has the flag of China. This is a Chinese ship. Do they intend to blow up this Chinese ship? If so, this issue becomes a problem for China. It will become a problem for the whole world.

But I hope this situation doesn’t escalate, because in my view, the Houthis are actually being misled by the Iranians. They acted wisely and stayed away from this matter, and they should continue to stay away and they should stop doing these things.

We need to see what happens. Obviously, this is not a positive development. We need to see what happens